Tuesday 19 March 2013

Why Wait?


By the wayside is a sad sight seen
Someone waiting long so keen
No one meets him, all in moving
Never stopping, all but staring


Wait goes on till glee is gone
Masking his desperate lonely tone
Just to share his pangs withheld
To a friend he waits, in hope withered 

No one lives for anyone, never
That's the way of the wayside ever
Many a waiting quench the last flickers
Reduce to ashes, the endless follies

I asked a poor soul who lingered alone
The reason for his stay here forlorn
'I thought he'd come, my friend' he uttered
Hiding his tear beneath his mask

I told him my tale, of long years' wait
Like a wayside flower, how I was wilt
And the words of wisdom, a passerby spoke
'Live your life and wait for no folk'

'Friends may come, may not as well
May be they aren't your friends at all
But life must move on and you along
Love will take you each furlong'

Mask was thrown to the wayside bin
Gathered courage to march and win
Long and firm each step ahead
With grit and peace, alone he pressed 

3 comments:

  1. Life is all about moving on. Profound work Sindhu :)

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  2. Love yourself and keep marching forward towards your dreams.Very touching ma'am. An epic one...to be cherished.

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